Geraniums

Sitting in my garden
After school is done
Listening to a bass drum
Pounding the geraniums
The boys down the road
Are playing in a basement
And my entire street
Has become their stadium

Before I'd heard of Patti Smith
Before I saw the world
I spent a lot of time wishing
Before I'd heard of Patti Smith
Before I saw the world
I spent a lot of time wishing
I was not born a girl
I was not born a girl
I was not born a
I was not born a girl

I play guitar too
And I wish that could play with them
Taught myself some bar chords
Listening to Good Riddance

We pack a bong
I start to strum
And I'm better than them
But my gender
Is a problem

Before I'd heard of Patti Smith
Before I saw the world
I spent a lot of time wishing
Before I'd heard of Patti Smith
Before I saw the world
I spent a lot of time wishing
I was not born a girl
I was not born a girl
I was not born a
I was not born a girl

The boys have got a show
I say I'll check it out
Feeling so jealous
Standing in the crowd
Now Tom works in real estate
Jamie sold his bass
Tim overdid amphetamines
And no one knows what's up with him these days
No one knows what's up with him these days
No one knows what's up with him these days
Tim!

I was not born a girl
I was not born a girl
I was not born a
I was not born a girl